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I.
Tragedy strikes again in a public place as a teenage shooter strides
into an Omaha, Nebraska, shopping mall, opens fire, kills at least
8 people, and then kills himself before authorities can apprehend
him.

Please note that this shooter is likely mind controlled
and not a terrorist. Several weeks ago, the FBI warned that terrorists
might open fire during the Christmas season in a shopping mall.
This shooter shows no signs of being a terrorist.

"A high school dropout with a criminal past,
Robert A. Hawkins had struggled to overcome depression ... two weeks
ago, he lost his girlfriend. A week later, it was his job. His friends
worried he would regress ... police said it was Hawkins who went
into an Omaha shopping mall on Wednesday and began a shooting rampage
that killed eight people. It ended when he turned his high-powered
rifle on himself."

We have stated on many occasions when a shooting like
this occurs that when the shooter kills himself before authorities
can apprehend him, that is usually a Mind Control "signature",
alerting us to the fact that this gunman was specifically programmed
to carry out this murderous rampage. Listen to New Age author, Bill
Cooper, as we quote him in his book, above, "Behold
A Pale Horse", published in 1991.

"In every instance that I have investigated --
the incident at the women's school in Canada, the shopping in Canada,
the Stockton, California, massacre, and the murder of Rabbi Meir
Kahane -- the shooters were all ex-mental patients or were current
mental patients who were all on the drug Prozac. This drug, taken
in certain doses, increases the serotonin level in the patient,
causing extreme violence. Couple that with a posthypnotic suggestion
or control ... and you get mass murder." [Page 225]

Then, Cooper noted that, always, the shooter is programmed
to kill himself before being captured by authorities.

Quoting
from an archived Headline News article, we read: "In an article
entitled, 'Prozac Implicated In Oregon Shooting',
written by Maureen Sileaf, of the Vigo Examiner, she makes this
startling statement: "This particular drug has factored in
almost all wild shooting sprees which have taken place in the last
ten years." [Maureen@Vigo-Examiner.com; NEWS1278)

This quote should make us sit up and take notice,
for the Illuminati
Card Game has the card "Mass Murder", as
we have depicted it, left. The Illuminati has decided that one of
the actions they can take to overthrow the existing order (Old World
Order) so it can be replaced by the New World Order is mass public
murder. And, why not? People will begin to tire of this current
order, without really knowing why, and will be much more amenable
to a plan advocated by the Masonic Christ to abolish this old order
so it can be replaced with the new.

Furthermore, to enhance this fatigue with the old
order, Mass Media News is specifically designed to discourage you!
Once I heard a doctor say this on TV about 25 years ago, I took
his advice not to listen to the evening news just before I retired
to bed; I felt much better and slept much more soundly!

As we return to Robert Hawkins, is there any information
which would lead us to believe that, just perhaps, he was either
under psychiatric care by some government agency and/or that he
was taking mind-altering drugs? Let us return to our original CBS
News story.

"Hawkins, 19, had been in trouble before. There
was a felony drug conviction in March 2005 and the disorderly conduct
charge seven months later. He was due in court later this month
on charges he contributed to the delinquency of a minor ... Court
records show that at least once he was termed a ward of the state,
which legally removed him from his parents' custody ... Hawkins
was not on any medication for mental illness, but he had been treated
in the past for depression and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder,
Maruca-Kovac said."

If Hawkins was sent to a psychiatric facility during
the time he was a "ward of the state", he easily could
have been started on a mind-altering drug like Prozac or Ritalin.
Such government mental health facilities could also have started
young Hawkins down the road to Mind Control.

This next article reveals that Hawkins was, indeed,
being treated for depression.

"America seems shocked that, yet again, a young
male would pick up an assault rifle and murder his fellow citizens,
then take his own life. This is what happened last night in Omaha,
Nebraska, where the 19-year-old Hawkins killed himself and eight
other people with an assault rifle ... others who are familiar with
the history of such violent acts by young males instantly recognize
a more sinister connection: A history of treatment with psychiatric
drugs for depression and ADHD."

"The very next day, we published a report about
the anti-depressant drug Paxil doubling the risk of violent behavior.
(See http://www.newstarget.com/020406.html
) In that article, I stated, 'This finding helps explain why
school shootings are almost always conducted by children who are
taking antidepressants. We also know that SSRIs cause children to
disconnect from reality. When you combine that with a propensity
for violence, you create a dangerous recipe for school shootings
and other adolescent violence'."

"In April of this year, I also reported on the
link between antidepressant drugs and the Virginia Tech shooting.
See http://www.newstarget.com/021798.html
.... The people of Omaha may be surprised at what happened there
yesterday, but I'm not. Why? Because the shooter, Robert Hawkins,
had a history of being 'treated' for both depression and ADHD (Attention
Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder). (Source: Associated Press) And
what is the standard American psychiatric 'treatment' for these
conditions? Mind-altering drugs, of course."

The rest of this article simply confirms Bill Cooper's
findings published in 1991. It is easy to forget that public mass
shootings have been a common occurrence for the past 20 some years.
Mind Control is most easily carried out at the hands of a skilled
psychiatrist once a person has been given mind-altering drugs.

Remember, the key final event which signifies that
a public shooter is under Mind Control is that he takes his own
life rather than being captured.

II. High oil prices
over this past year have most definitely been orchestrated in order
to force people to make life choices compatible with the Illuminati
desire to see oil consumption drop dramatically.

You see, the Illuminati does not want to take control
of the planet -- finally -- only to wake up to the realization that
the supply of oil is going to last only for a very short time. Therefore,
oil conservation is high on the list of the Global Elite, as they
want people to make future decisions based upon a desire to not
pay high oil prices. "Hitting someone in the wallet" is
certainly a most effective way to modify his behavior.

This next article is most informative, as it shows
people most anxious to modify their vehicle behavior!

NEWS BRIEF: "Smallest
car, biggest market: Tiny smart cars, long a fixture in European
cities, arrive in US next month", The Boston Globe,
December 6, 2007

"There will be no fast and furious escapes in
this vehicle. The smart for two ultra-compact's 71-horsepower engine
makes it useless as a getaway car ... There has long been a buzz
surrounding the 8-foot 8-inch smart car - about the length of a
Harley-Davidson cruiser motorcycle. It is especially popular with
commuters in Europe, who use it to navigate narrow city streets
and squeeze into tight spaces.

Europeans have long struggled
with exceedingly high gasoline prices, so it is not surprising that
this new "ultra-compact" car originated in Europe. Since
this car is manufactured by Daimler AG, the maker of Mercedes-Benz
vehicles, quality will be high and comfort in driving it will be
more than satisfactory.

Notice in this next segment
that high gasoline prices have driven some Americans into a frenzy,
anxious to buy this gas-efficient tiny car.

"Next month, smart cars
are finally expected to go on sale in the United States. In anticipation,
about 30,000 customers here already have put down $99 deposits.
Others with less patience have paid as much as $39,000 for so-called
gray-market European versions that have been converted to meet US
safety and emissions standards, even though they will be sold here
at three lower price levels. Starting prices are $11,590, $13,590,
and $16,950 (for a convertible model)."

"There are plenty of reasons
for the strong reactions. The 1,800 pound smart car is cute,
it gets 40-plus miles per gallon from a one-liter engine, and it
can be parked in the tightest of spaces."

This article then proceeds to list all the other reasons
this car is going to be popular:

1) "... occupants of the two-seater ride higher
than they do in most compact sedans, and there is a surprising amount
of space in the hatched rear cargo area."

2) "The three-cylinder micro-car uses a five-speed
automatic transmission (with manual option) to transmit power to
its front wheels. That's good for winter driving, because it puts
more weight over the driving wheels"

3) "Surprisingly, its highway prowess let it
run in the high-speed lanes, where drivers often cruise, bumper-to-bumper,
at 80 miles per hour."

The name which the American distributing company chose
as they introduce this tiny car is revealing: The "Smart Car".

Americans are going to switch in significant numbers
to this car because they are tired of paying these high gasoline
prices. Other buyers will purchase hybrid cars while even more will
just pay a lot more attention to gas mileage when making their decisions.
Will gas guzzling vehicles begin to pile up at used car lots?

This kind of behavior modification is exactly what
the Global Elite wanted to accomplish, which is why this "Smart
Car" is being introduced at this moment, when gas retail prices
are still hovering at the $3.00 per gallon level.

"Iran was believed to have received its first
nuclear weapon after the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1992. The
first suggestion of Iranian nuclear acquisition was contained in
an assessment by the House Task Force on Terrorism and Unconventional
Warfare in the early 1990s. In 2004, Iran launched a Shihab-3 ballistic
missile with a North Korean-designed nuclear warhead casing."

"The sources said President Bush was warned as
early as 2005 that North Korea transferred components and technology
to assemble a plutonium-based nuclear warhead for the Shihab-3.
They said the components were designed in Pakistan and enabled Iran
to assemble several nuclear warheads ...The National Intelligence
Estimate represents the consensus view of all 16 American spy agencies,
led by the CIA."

Note that two very important elements are reported
in this news segment, elements which Cutting Edge has been reporting
for four years.

1) North Korea Connection -- Iran
received its first nuclear weapon many years ago -- this report
says that she received her first nuclear weapon in 1992 after the
breakup of the old Soviet Union. This fact points directly to North
Korea, since the old Soviet nuclear processing plants on North Korean
soil passed immediately to the dictatorship in Pyongyang.

This early acquisition of nuclear weapons from the
Soviet facilities located on North Korean soil is the reason President
Clinton sent Former President Carter to Pyongyang in 1994 to try
to persuade the leadership to abandon their nuclear program. Remember,
North Korea did not have to develop her own program from scratch,
because she inherited fully functioning nuclear plants when the
Soviet Union dissolved! She has had nuclear warheads since 1992!

2) Pakistan Connection -- This article
says only that warhead components were designed in Pakistan. Our
study has convinced us that Iran bought nuclear warheads "off
the shelf" from Pakistan and immediately incorporated them
into their military machine.

Please take the few moments needed to read one of
our Headline News articles on this most important subject -- NEWS2120,
"NUCLEAR ARMED IRAN VS. AMERICA -- WHOM SHOULD THE
WORLD FEAR?"

Finally, notice that the NIE is controlled by the
CIA, an agency within the Executive Branch whose Director reports
to the President and serves at his will. Therefore, it has to be
true, that President Bush signed off on the NIE assessment before
it was publicized.

This next article might surprise you, as it reveals
that the Pentagon is extremely pleased with this new Intelligence
Review report. Does that surprise you?

"The latest National Intelligence Estimate on
Iran was the final factor in a military equation that now appears
to guarantee that there will be no war with Iran during the Bush
Administration. It meshes with the views of the operational types
at the Pentagon, who have steadfastly resisted the march to war
led by some Administration hawks. The anti-war group was composed
of Defense Secretary Robert Gates; Admiral Michael Mullen, chairman
of the Joint Chiefs; and Admiral William Fallon, who oversees the
U.S. forces that would have had to wage that war. In recent months,
all have pushed back privately and publicly, on the wisdom of going
to war with Tehran. Indeed, the Pentagon's intelligence units were
instrumental in forming the NIE's conclusions."

When Bush chose Defense Secretary Gates and Admiral
Fallon for their present positions, Cutting Edge pointed out that
these two men were already on public record as opposing a strike
against Iran. At that time, we believed that their appointment to
these extremely important positions was a "not-too-subtle"
sign that President Bush did not really plan to attack Iran. As
events have transpired, that understanding has proven correct.

DVD

In our News Alert of December 5, we noted that President
Bush's incessant war rhetoric against Iran over the past four years
has had the effect of forcing Iran into the Russian orbit.

Just weeks ago, Putin boldly stated that an attack
on Iran would be considered as an attack on Russia. Therefore, Bush's
incessant pressure against Iran has only served to push her deeply
into the Russian orbit -- and that is fulfilling Bible prophecy
of Ezekiel 38-39! As this DVD, above, so brilliantly demonstrates,
"all prophesied nations are now in place" for the attack
on Israel. President Bush has succeeded in helping set the stage
for prophecy to be fulfilled.

This next news article shows how Russia is already
starting to implement a new diplomatic and military push into the
Middle East, in response to the NIE report.

"President Vladimir Putin and defense minister
Anatoly Serdyukov decided to send a sortie of six Russian warships,
led by the Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier and the Moskva guided
missile cruiser, to the Mediterranean. This will be the first prolonged
stay of a Russian carrier to the eastern Mediterranean vicinity
of Israel’s shores and waters patrolled by the US Sixth Fleet.
On its decks are 47 warplanes and 10 helicopters. The Moskva is
the Russian Navy’s Black Sea flagship."

Therefore, at the same time as the Bush Administration's
NIE report absolves Iran of pursuing a nuclear weapons program,
Russia is moving significant numbers of naval firepower into the
Mediterranean. This action smacks to me of bragging!

Russian President Putin deftly maneuvered Russia on
April 12, 2003 (NEWS1660)
into the position of being the protector of Iran. Two years later,
Putin described his country as the protector of Islam against a
rabid West. Finally, less than two months ago, Putin warned Bush
that any attack on Iran would be considered an attack on Russia,
thereby putting the American President on notice that he would,
indeed, trigger World War III if he dared attack Iran.

Now that Bush has capitulated with this new intelligence
report, Putin is bragging to the Arab people that Russia has faced
down the Western "Great Satan" and is a worthy protector
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IV.
Oil prices continued to drop as the world seemed to breathe the
fresh winds of "peace" throughout the world.

Several weeks ago, Venezuela's President Chavez estimated
that the continuous pressure the United States was leveling against
Iran was adding $45 per barrel to the cost of crude oil; thus, it
is not surprising to learn that one of the first significant consequences
of this NIE report was that the price of crude oil began to fall.

"Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Crude oil fell in New
York as traders speculated OPEC may keep output unchanged this week
and the U.S. said the nuclear threat from Iran had diminished ...
A U.S. intelligence report concluded Iran has halted development
of nuclear weapons ... Iran halted its nuclear weapons program four
years ago and hadn't resumed it as of mid-2007, according to declassified
portions of the U.S. National Intelligence Estimate released yesterday.
Even if the program were resumed, Iran wouldn't be able to produce
enough material for a bomb until 2010 at the earliest, the report
said."

If Chavez is correct, the cost of crude oil could
fall consistently over the next few months, possibly back down to
$70 per barrel, now that the Iran threat is removed from the pricing
equation. Of course, if the Illuminati wants higher oil prices,
then they need to cook some other story up which would justify the
higher crude levels; however, I suspect that lower oil prices now
are necessary to keep the American economy from falling into a recession.

This next story indicates that lack of consumption
is also a major factor in this drop of crude oil prices.

"Crude oil fell for a third day on speculation
that slower global economic growth may curb fuel consumption. U.S.
fuel stockpiles surged last week, with gasoline inventories rising
six times more than analysts forecast to post their biggest gain
this year ... `It's unsurprising prices are down when yesterday's
data showed demand for products is not there', said Eugen Weinberg,
an analyst at Commerzbank AG in Frankfurt."

"LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Oil dropped by
more than two dollars as US trading got underway, with continued
volatility in the market knocking prices back towards the 88 usd
level .."

As oil futures traders have been bidding oil upward
over the past 10 months based solely on speculation, you would expect
volatility in oil markets right now, as the "Peace" breaking
out in the world, plus the drop in consumption of oil products across
the board, are knocking the tenuous props out from any further increases
in oil prices.

Americans might have just gotten the message after
struggling with an entire year of steadily increasing oil prices.
They have now cut their consumption of oil and will likely continue
to do so, even if prices start heading downward. Most Americans
now believe, in the bottom of their hearts, that oil prices will
eventually trend back upward, so they will continue to aggressively
change their lifestyle so that they will consume less fuel.

Just as the Illuminati wants.

DVD

V. The Bush Administration
has pushed through a deal designed to freeze interest rates on Adjustable
Home Loans so that millions of Americans will not lose their home.

"WASHINGTON (AP) - The Bush administration has
hammered out an agreement to freeze interest rates for certain subprime
mortgages for five years to combat a soaring tide of foreclosures,
congressional aides said Wednesday. The aides, who spoke on condition
of anonymity because the details have not yet been released, said
the five-year moratorium represented a compromise between desires
by banking regulators for a longer time frame of up to seven years
and mortgage industry arguments that the freeze should last only
one or two years."

"The plan emerged from talks between Paulson
and other banking regulators and banks, mortgage investors and consumer
groups trying to address an avalanche of foreclosures feared as
an estimated 2 million subprime mortgages reset from lower introductory
rates to higher rates. In many cases, the higher rates will boost
monthly payments by as much as 30 percent, making it very difficult
for many people to keep current with their loans. The plan is aimed
at homeowners who are making payments on time at lower introductory
mortgage rates but cannot afford a higher adjusted rate."

As we have stated before, I believe that this entire
sub-prime mortgage disaster has been deliberately created in order
for the Federal Government to step in with new regulations and new
powers. We shall have to wait to see how this develops.

But, for now, the country is spared an onslaught of
mortgage collapses, which would have been a tremendous drag on the
economy.

President Bush has emphasized over and over again
since the attacks of 9/11 that his "War on Terror" was
the most important aspect of his Administration.

When Pakistani President Musharraf was politically
tottering in his office, President Bush sternly warned all potential
enemies that America considered Pakistan to be a key lynchpin in
his "War on Terror".

If this "War on Terror" is so important,
why is President Bush dramatically cutting funding?

"WASHINGTON - The Bush administration intends
to slash counter terrorism funding for police, firefighters and
rescue departments nation-wide by more than half next year ... New
York would be hard hit by deep cuts, according to lawmakers on both
sides of the aisle."

Now, why would President Bush cut terrorism funding
by more than 50% if the terror threat is as bad as his Administration
has been trumpeting since 9/11? Why, it was just in September that
terror alerts were flying around the country and people were absolutely
convinced that a new terrorist attack was imminent -- all because
of the warnings coming out of Washington.

In this next segment, we see that President Bush has
been de-emphasizing domestic terror programs for a full year!

"The plan would eliminate programs for port security,
transit security and local emergency management operations in the
next budget year. The move comes a year after New York saw a nearly
40-percent cut in its anti-terrorism funding by the Homeland Security
Department ... One document says the president does not believe
previous homeland security grants have been well spent and does
not believe the nation's highest-risk cities have satisfied security
needs. This is President Bush's last budget, and the new administration
would have to live with the funding decisions."

This move is shocking because the President's action
is saying in effect that, since the crisis is passing, cities and
states can get along with less funding. You and I know that the
domestic terrorism was bogus from the beginning, as the Illuminati
simply created the attacks of 9/11 (NEWS1753)
and then created the follow-up terror threat simply so the American
people would allow Congress and the White House to pass the most
draconian dictatorial legislation since the days of Adolf Hitler
and Josef Stalin.

Now that these laws are on the books and can be used
whenever the time has arrived for the final crisis to explode, the
funding for counter terrorism can be drastically reduced.

DVD

VII. As American forces
prepare to draw down in Iraq, changing from active combat to passive
garrison forces, remember the reality that the Bush Administration
knew that their war was illegal -- Richard Perle admitted that the
Iraqi invasion was ILLEGAL!

"International lawyers and anti-war campaigners
reacted with astonishment yesterday after the influential Pentagon
hawk Richard Perle conceded that the invasion of Iraq had been illegal.
In a startling break with the official White House and Downing Street
lines, Mr Perle told an audience in London: 'I think in this case
international law stood in the way of doing the right thing'."

Opposition figures understood the principles very
well.

" 'They're just not interested in international
law, are they?' said Linda Hugl, a spokeswoman for the Campaign
for Nuclear Disarmament, which launched a high court challenge to
the war's legality last year. 'It's only when the law suits them
that they want to use it'."

We could not agree more. The Bush Administration will
go down in history as the most ruthless and most lawless government
to hold power in America. Remember this sad fact when you hear other
Christians stating their belief that Bush is a Born Again Christian.

1) "President
Bush Pulls Iranian Military Option Off The Table - Completes Total
"About-Face" On The Issue"

Cutting Edge has been alone the past four
years in saying that the Gog - Magog Prophecy of Ezekiel 38-39 prohibited
an attack on Iran, while my military intelligence training warned
me of all the military and diplomatic reasons why such an attack
would never take place. Now the President's own intelligence service
admits that Iran ceased work on a military nuclear program in 2003,
and has not started it again!

2) "God
Gave Israel THE Most Mathematically Precise Prophecy In The Entire
Bible So They Would Know THE Day Messiah Was To Be Presented To
Israel As Their National Redeemer - Since Israel of Old Had Always
Walked by Sight, God Gave Them The Ultimate 'Sight Prophecy' "

Still, Israel missed this day, incurring Jesus'
wrath. The Christian Church has not been given such a mathematically
precise timetable, proving the superiority of walking by Faith and
not by Sight.

3) "A
New Look At The Myth of Santa Claus vs The Reality of Jesus Christ"

When we carefully compare the myth of Santa
Claus versus the real Biblical story of Jesus Christ, we are presented
with the shocking truth that Santa has thoroughly supplanted Jesus
Christ in too many people's lives. -- http://www.cuttingedge.org/news/n1132.cfm

4) "OUTRAGE! "Christian"
President Bush Carrying Out Long-Term Plan To Divide Biblical Israel
and Jerusalem With The Palestinians - Bush Actually Used Term "Occupation"
To Refer To Israel Controlling God's Biblical Land!"

Joel 3:2 is being fulfilled in front of your
watchful eyes, in your Daily News: "I will gather all nations
and will bring them down into the Valley of Jehoshaphat, and there
will I deal with and execute judgment upon them for their treatment
of My people and of My heritage Israel, whom they have scattered
among the nations and because they have divided My land." (Joel
3:2; Parallel Bible, KJV/Amplified Bible Commentary)

But, the timing of the final announcement
of the Annapolis summit falls on November 28 - THE day in November
in which the interval of days between this summit and the Anwar
Sadat peace treaty with Israel exactly 30 years ago adds to a "22"!
- http://www.cuttingedge.org/news/n2254.cfm

5) "The upside-down
world of Pullman's 'Golden Compass ' Movie"

Where Bad is Good and God is banned - WARNING:
This is a most anti-Christian movie!

This will mean the end of the Church... the
end of all those centuries of darkness! Look at the light up there;
that's the sun of another world! ... The Dust will change everything."[1,
p.394] The Golden Compass

"The God who dies is the God of the burners
of heretics, the hangers of witches... [T]hat God deserves to die.
The Authority, then, is an ancient IDEA of God, kept alive artificially
by those who benefit from his continued existence."[2] Philip
Pullman

--------Concluding
Inspiration ---------------""The trees of the Lord are
full of sap." Psalm 104:16

Without sap the tree cannot flourish or even exist.
Vitality is essential to a Christian. There must be life--a vital
principle infused into us by God the Holy Ghost, or we cannot be
trees of the Lord. The mere name of being a Christian is but a dead
thing, we must be filled with the spirit of divine life. This life
is mysterious. We do not understand the circulation of the sap,
by what force it rises, and by what power it descends again. So
the life within us is a sacred mystery. Regeneration is wrought
by the Holy Ghost entering into man and becoming man's life; and
this divine life in a believer afterwards feeds upon the flesh and
blood of Christ and is thus sustained by divine food, but whence
it cometh and whither it goeth who shall explain to us? What a secret
thing the sap is! The roots go searching through the soil with their
little spongioles, but we cannot see them suck out the various gases,
or transmute the mineral into the vegetable; this work is done down
in the dark. Our root is Christ Jesus, and our life is hid in Him;
this is the secret of the Lord. The radix of the Christian life
is as secret as the life itself. How permanently active is the sap
in the cedar! In the Christian the divine life is always full of
energy--not always in fruit-bearing, but in inward operations. The
believer's graces, are not every one of them in constant motion?
but his life never ceases to palpitate within. He is not always
working for God, but his heart is always living upon Him. As the
sap manifests itself in producing the foliage and fruit of the tree,
so with a truly healthy Christian, his grace is externally manifested
in his walk and conversation. If you talk with him, he cannot help
speaking about Jesus. If you notice his actions you will see that
he has been with Jesus. He has so much sap within, that it must
fill his conduct and conversation with life.
(C.H. Spurgeon, "Morning
and Evening Devotions")